and before the elders of my people; or before those that sat there, even the elders, as witnesses of the purchase: if thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: for it was redeemable by a near kinsman according to the law, even when said to another, in Lev 25:25 , but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; what to do in this affair, whether to redeem it or not: for there is none to redeem it besides thee, and I am after thee; he was the first, and Boaz was the next near kinsman, to whom the right of redemption belonged: and he said, I will redeem it: he chose to make the purchase, he liked the land, which he probably full well knew, and it might lie near his own, and make a good addition to it; and as the widow was determined, and under a necessity to sell, he might expect to have it at a cheap rate; all which might induce him at once to agree to be the purchaser. (g) "et ego dixi", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.